The National Archives published thousands of pages of declassified records related to the murder of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on January 23 directing the launch of the remaining records, saying that it was of “public interest” to do so.
On Monday, Trump announced to journalists that the Administration would begin publishing the records on Tuesday, which caused a fight within the Department of Justice to free lawyers to help with the declassification process.
President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, the governor of Texas, John Connally, and others smile at the crowds that cover their caravan route in Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963.
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The Congress voted in 1992 to demand the government to release and declassify all records related to murder for 2017, but Trump and President Joe Biden repeatedly delayed that deadline due to national security concerns.
The launch of Tuesday represents an outstanding small section of the more than six million pages of records collected by the national archives, most of which have already been declassified and are available online or person for review, according to the agency.
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